Ale's Salon

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, while getting her hair done at Ale’s Salon, a regular exclaimed, ‘I just saw something strange out front!’ Everyone looked up from their mirrors and brushes. Everyone rushed outside to see what all the fuss was about—a delivery driver had accidentally parked his truck right next to the salon sign, which now read: 'ALE’S BEAUTY SALON AND FRESHLY BAKED CAKE.' The whole neighborhood burst into laughter as they watched the poor guy try to straighten things out.

2. While waiting for her perm to set, an elderly lady whispered to her neighbor, 'I just saw the most peculiar thing outside!' The neighbor leaned in curiously and asked what she had seen. With a twinkle in her eye, the old lady replied, ‘Why, I thought I spied Ale, our friendly owner, giving a haircut to his newest customer—a pigeon!’ Everyone burst out laughing, including poor Ale who was trying not to smile while trimming another human client’s locks.

3. While browsing through the salon’s magazine rack, a regular noticed something peculiar—a copy of last week’s newspaper with today’s date on it. Curious, he flipped through pages until his eye caught an article about a local festival scheduled for next month. ‘Wait a minute,’ he thought, ‘that can’t be right!’ Just then, the delivery driver arrived with today's paper, which had yesterday’s date. The regular burst out laughing and exclaimed, 'Ale's Salon must have its own time warp!'

4. While perusing through Ale’s Salon’s latest magazine offerings, a regular picked up an issue with a curious headline: ‘How to Spot Alien Abductees.’ Curiosity piqued, she flipped through pages until she found something even more intriguing—an article on local hairstyles from the 1980s. As she read further, another customer—a delivery driver—leaned over and asked if she was okay, thinking she’d fainted from the vintage hairdos. Turning around with a smile, she quipped, 'No, just trying to decide between an afro and a mullet for my next life.' Everyone burst into laughter, realizing that sometimes reality is stranger than any salon magazine.